The Ritual Committee presented the following recommendations, which have been read by the Holy Synod:

1. The Committee recommends the following amendments in some of the homilies in the Holy Pascha, so th...

The Committee recommends the addition of the ninth hour of Palm Sunday (which was found by His Grace Bishop Kyrillos Abba Mina in manuscripts) after revision of the Arabic language in the new prints o...

Transferring the Homily of St. John Chrysostom from Tuesday of the Holy Pascha to Thursday, and the selection of a homily from the homilies of St John Chrysostom which is suitable for the eleventh hou...

In the Holy Week Book (Is 53:10), the following corrections are required to the translation:

a.     The current text “As for the Lord, He desired to heal him from the wound and when you offer yourselves as a sacrifice for sin, then you will see your souls receiving much honour”.

b.     The correct text that is required for the prints and publications in the books is, “As for the Lord, He shall strike him with sorrow, in that He made Himself a sacrifice for sin to be seen by h...

c.     It is noted that the corrected text is in accordance with the Hebrew text of the Qumran manuscripts that were recently discovered and were written in 2 BC. Likewise, the current Hebrew texts fo...

1. Covenant Thursday:

a.     Distribution [of the Sacraments] of Covenant Thursday [Liturgy] is to be [prayed] with the annual [tune] and the prayers of the 11th hour are to be joined to the evening Pasch...

1. The General Funeral on Palm Sunday is to be prayed immediately following the conclusion of the liturgy with the annual ritual only.